FILE--Los Angeles Kings captain Wayne Gretzky answers questions from the media on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 1996, at the Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo, N.Y. Gretzky, the hockey great who failed to win a Stanley Cup in Los Angeles, was traded to the St. Louis Blues on Tuesday Feb. 27, 1996 , ending weeks of rumor and speculation about his future. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes)